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2026 to 2027 grant data tables

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The London School of Economics and Political Science

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Table A: 2026 to 2027 Summary of allocations

Quality-related research (QR) funds

Mainstream QR funds (£)
12,767,192
London weighting on mainstream QR (£)
1,532,062
Mainstream QR funds including London weighting (£)
14,299,254
QR charity support fund (£)
670,154
QR business research element (£)
214,581
QR RDP supervision funds (£)
1,069,742
QR funding for National Research Libraries (£)
621,155
Total QR funding (£)
16,874,886

Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)

Main allocation (£)
4,743,000
Top-up allocation (£)
891,943
Total HEIF (£)
5,634,943
Total QR and HEIF grant (£)
22,509,829
Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund (£)
45,000
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Table B: 2026 to 2027 Mainstream QR funds and London weighting

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Table C: 2026 to 2027 QR charity support fund and QR business research element

QR charity support fund

AFR22 Research income from charities (£)
2,242,000
AFR23 Research income from charities (£)
2,770,000
AFR24 Research income from charities (£)
2,912,000
AFR25 Research income from charities (£)
5,132,000
Average annual income (£)
3,264,000
London-weighted research income (£)*
3,655,680
QR charity support fund (£)**
670,154
London weighting (£)
1.12
Rate
0.183318

Notes:

  • * London-weighted research income (£) = average annual income (£) x London weighting
  • ** QR charity support fund (£) = London-weighted research income (£) x rate

QR business research element

AFR22 Research income from businesses (£)
1,902,000
AFR23 Research income from businesses (£)
1,327,000
AFR24 Research income from businesses (£)
766,000
AFR25 Research income from businesses (£)
803,000
Average annual income (£)
1,199,500
QR business research element (£)*
214,581
Rate
0.178892

Notes:

  • * QR business research element (£) = average annual income (£) x rate
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Table D: 2026 to 2027 QR RDP supervision funds

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Table E: 2026 to 2027 HEIF allocations

HEIF qualifying income
Data source 2022 to 2023 income (£) 2023 to 2024 income (£) 2024 to 2025 income (£)
HE-BCI survey Income from contract research 2,008,000 2,420,000 2,512,000
Income from consultancy 17,550,000 17,979,000 23,067,000
Income from equipment and facilities 0 0 0
Income from regeneration 0 0 0
Income from intellectual property 100,000 392,000 1,344,000
Income from SMEs in the above categories* 97,000 161,000 105,000
Innovate UK KTP income** 0 0 0
OfS annual financial return Income from NCB provision 40,137,000 49,689,000 51,365,000
Total per year 59,892,000 70,641,000 78,393,000

Notes:

  • * Income from SMEs is included in the income stream total and again in the total income from SMEs to provide the overall double-weighting for SME income
  • ** This is the KTP income provided by Innovate UK
Total weighted qualifying income (£), using 2:3:5 ratio = (2022 to 2023 income x 2) + (2023 to 2024 income x 3) + (2024 to 2025 income x 5)
723,672,000

HEIF allocation

Main allocation (£)
4,743,000
Top-up allocation (£)
891,943
Total allocation (£)
5,634,943
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Table F: 2026 to 2027 HEIF formula parameters

Total HEIF budget

Main allocation (£)
243,420,952
Top-up allocation (£)
20,311,308
Total HEIF budget (£)
263,732,260

HEIF formula parameters

Main allocation

Minimum allocation threshold (£)
250,000
Maximum allocation (£)
4,743,000

New Entrant Cap*

Maximum allocation (£)
500,000

Yearly moderation factor

Maximum increase
10%
Maximum decrease
-10%

Top-up allocation

Minimum allocation (£)
200,000
Maximum allocation (£)
1,016,000

Notes:

  • * A new entrant is defined as a provider, newly eligible or otherwise, that did not receive HEIF in the previous year, whether or not they received HEIF prior to that time
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